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From something as small as a button to enormous structures reshaping modern skylines, aluminum has become one of the essential metals of the industrial world.
A documentary premiered by Russia 24 takes viewers inside the production facilities of RUSAL, showing how aluminum is produced and transformed into materials used across everyday products, construction and major engineering projects.
But the story goes beyond furnaces, machinery and production lines. At its center are the engineers, metallurgists and industrial workers whose expertise keeps the process moving. The documentary explores how their experience, technical knowledge and engineering solutions contribute to the development of Russia’s metallurgical industry.
From seemingly ordinary objects to giant structures, this is an inside look at the people, technology and industrial processes behind one of the world's most versatile metals.
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Our film today is about an amazing
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detail. Suffice it to say that Dimmitri
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Ivanovich Mendelv built his table of
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chemical elements. Then admired British
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colleagues gave him scales where one
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bowl was gold and the other of this
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metal.
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Not for this reason as they say the
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crown was ordered by the Danish king
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Christian 10. And certainly the French
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emperor Napoleon 3 decorated the
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uniforms of his guards with this metal.
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Then as he decorated a little later. In
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the meantime, what kind of metal is
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this? Sovereignty is poured from this
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metal.
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We are witnessing the birth of this
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metal in our [music] Siberia. The
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process is very interesting. This is
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what the guys are shooting with spatulas
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in our presence in Krasno.
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>> The extraction process starts during the
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initial stage.
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Shabba is a strong captive from the
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surface of the metal. Sorry for the
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strange comparison. Well, it's like when
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you cook broth, you take off this one.
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>> Yes, we're taking off the snake.
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>> But why these streams of water?
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>> The cooling process follows.
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>> Recipe.
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>> How is the ingot cooling going?
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>> The word itself, recipe, is amusing.
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Through a microscope, the structure of
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this metal is examined by women engaged
1:19
in this industry. They have interesting
1:21
comparisons. Imagine a small candy being
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gently rolled and softened, making it
1:26
easier to handle.
1:35
Wow, Candy. Although instinctively it
1:37
seems that in this mucus, but how many
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tons is probably reality, which is three
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and a half light metal.
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Well, the main hint of what metal our
1:48
story will be about today is that in
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order to produce such candies from this
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broth, you need a lot a lot of
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electricity.
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>> A kettle with what kind of water there
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is current to
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>> ampairs are now measured at an
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impressive 55,000.
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So, what did it look like? Either
2:07
platinum or silver or white gold. In
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fact, this metal was at one point the
2:11
most expensive listed. You probably
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guessed that we are watching because of
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the birth of aluminum. Aluminum is
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disappointed against [music] someone.
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This seems every day.
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>> So listen on.
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>> By standards, if not for me, I adore
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aluminum and believe that the whole
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world [music] should be aluminum.
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>> A well recognized literary piece.
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A dream of a bright future. This is
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probably how you can write Pavlovvena's
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snipers about Lenia from Chernvk's once
2:56
popular novel. What should I do? A
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revolutionary dreamer of the 19th
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century in the dreams of his heroine.
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It was located in the scientific fields
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of the future. A huge building of
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fantasy and verbal dreams. All the most
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progressive future was like this. What
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light architecture? What are these doors
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and eye frames made of? What is silver?
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>> Why conceal it? Platinum decor and
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matching furniture. You surely recognize
3:27
its value now.
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Vera never imagined being crafted from
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aluminum. Yet here I am
3:37
today. Take the fact that aluminum
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powder is now printed in 3D printers
3:41
used in the automotive industry in
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medicine. And yes, in the making of this
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film.
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Strangely enough, We also need Fidel
4:30
Castro [music] and his Cuba today for
4:31
our story, which as you have explained
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more than once or twice, is by
4:35
definition a world story. But let's talk
4:38
about everything in order. When the
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Fidel Castro memorial center has now
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been opened in Havana, his favorite
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Soviet Jeep Gaz 69 can't be seen from
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the outside, but inside it has aluminum
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pistons.
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But inside the exhibition on this
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ceremonial uniform of commandante
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Federric Castro remembers all Soviet
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people in this uniform he performed at
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the palace [music] of congresses in
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Moscow. But even on the ceremonial
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uniform of the modest and everyday life
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mandant buttons were made of aluminum.
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But this was not always the case with
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aluminum for the first persons. So also
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in Havana you probably managed to see
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the [music] inscription at the entrance
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of the Napoleonic Museum in Cuba. And
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even before the revolution, there was
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such a collector in Havana who collected
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everything about Napoleon.
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Especially under Napoleon III, the
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imperial guards began to sew aluminum
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buttons on their uniforms. How touching
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were they? Well, the most chic Imperial
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dining kush was not served on aluminum
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utensils.
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And the utensils were made of aluminum.
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But yes, in the 20th century with the
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French and everywhere, aluminum utensils
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moved from imperial salons to ordinary
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dining rooms. And in Denmark, for
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example, aluminum crowns began to be
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minted on aluminum change.
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And the fact is that back at the end of
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the 19th century, a recipe was developed
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for obtaining this metal by an
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inexpensive [music] chemical method in
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grains for the crown and other
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monarchies of fun and in mass quantities
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by electrolysis for those who are
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humanitarian explainable. So in Moscow
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State University at its chemistry
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faculty we find the door with an
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aluminum number on it.
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>> Well for example here is the case of
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electrolyis of water which means that
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hydrogen is released on one electrode
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oxygen is released on the other. The
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production of aluminium point is similar
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but if we dissolve aluminium 2 in three
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aluminium taxes.
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Aluminina.
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>> Aluminina is often called it. And if we
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[clears throat] apply electrical energy
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from the outside pass an electric
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current, then aluminum is released at
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the cathode. About what happens in
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self-defense a little later. For now,
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the question of questions today, who
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produces aluminum and who uses it and
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how? At first, I carry the film
7:02
pronounce opportunity to narrow the idea
7:05
that sovereignty is poured out of
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aluminum.
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Incorrect.
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>> In general, aluminum is called a winged
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light metal. It's already a cliche
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phrase, actually.
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>> In fact, it is actually winged light.
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Winged light metal and aviation and
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space. Obviously,
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>> aviation and space rely on aluminum. But
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there's more beyond that.
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The trend towards electrification forces
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to reduce weight. And therefore, the use
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of aluminum allows well to manufacture
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more efficient electric vehicles.
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packaging sector
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foil
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>> folgar energy generates a fairly large
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volume of consumption because our
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country has the largest length in the
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world. This means that all these
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networks are all energy and of course
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construction. Allow me to share an
7:58
extended sentimental narrative.
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A Moscow metro station octaves pole
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featured aluminum in its decorative
8:17
design creating a unique architectural
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experience.
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Answer. It was the 50th anniversary of
8:24
the entire Soviet Union. But in the case
8:27
of this particular station, artists from
8:29
Latia took part in the design. There
8:32
were times in addition to these reindeer
8:34
columns, these same artists from Latvia.
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I emphasize once again
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prepared panels for this station within
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the best personal limits. Now we'll see
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you this panel. Well, in principle it's
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nothing especially it seems that no has
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something industrial but at least for
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one of these artists this work is
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aluminum which was a gratitude.
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In gratitude for saving his life was the
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name of this artist including the metal
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Jew from Ria. After the triumphal
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meeting of the Nazis in Ria Pograms
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began and Kimrishna was saved by the
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fact that he was evacuated in time to
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the deep areas of SSSR.
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Then he thanked the compositions made of
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aluminum, the metal of progress from
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which they began to make not crowns but
9:23
spaceships. What about those who produce
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aluminum? Aluminum is profoundly central
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to my life and professional passion.
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>> I look like I'm really in love with
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aluminum.
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>> Yes, I live with it.
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>> The feeling that in your consciousness,
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not only people are alive, but also
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aluminum.
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>> Well, we know
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>> aluminum significantly influences my
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life. My family worked in its industry.
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I've studied it extensively and my
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interest in its complexities continues
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to grow.
10:07
The radio beacon directed our movement
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due north. By 11:02, the aircraft
10:13
successfully arrived at the North Pole.
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Back in the Soviet era, corrugated
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aluminum was pivotal in radiation as it
10:28
helped conquer the North Pole. Decades
10:31
later, aluminum [music] remains an
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undisputed material in cuttingedge
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advancements, constantly evolving with
10:36
modern innovations.
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In Moscow, the properties and
10:53
possibilities of aluminum are studied by
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the Special Institute of Light Metals
10:58
and Technologies plank to the sky and
11:00
even higher to space. Well, from what is
11:02
clear, any car enthusiast can
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understand.
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>> Yes, of course.
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>> Huh.
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>> With a weight of 7 kilos, the robust
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disc measures an impressive 21 in in
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diameter.
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Produced in Siberia, these discs marked
11:17
as 76750 boast qualities likened to
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aerospace ingenuity.
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For wheels, it's like finding the
11:30
[music] perfect footwear. Despite an
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unappealing appearance, functionality
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and comfort remain ideal.
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From seemingly [music] obvious aluminum
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cans revealing their composition is a
11:46
daily routine to open. Truly
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fascinating.
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>> It includes three primary elements or
11:52
perhaps four. Even an aluminum platinum
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is part of this uh futuristic vision. A
11:58
hygienic innovation. The next essential
12:00
component is this one.
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>> The key.
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>> Yes. Previously, it was not produced
12:06
there in Russia and they imported it,
12:08
but now they made it themselves. Right.
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Well, Vera Pavlovna also dreams
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>> eventually aluminum could potentially
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replace wood or even stone in certain
12:16
applications.
12:26
Massive aircraft hangers are swiftly
12:27
assembled using incredibly sturdy
12:29
aluminum structures. These structures
12:30
can now be found across Russia from
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Vladivvastto to Zukovski and even in St.
12:34
Petersburg, notably showcased at the
12:36
mite of a significant international
12:37
forum. And who am I here in all of this?
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>> Surprisingly everything. These almost
12:43
indestructible power frames.
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>> That's it. Well, perhaps everyone saw
12:47
this on the filming from St. Petersburg.
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at the top of the gas prom lock center.
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Do you tell those who are in charge
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responsible for this skyscraper for the
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21st century that it is made of
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aluminum?
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>> The abundance of aluminum is evident.
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Its shape and aerodynamic streamlining
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made it instantly clear this wasn't
13:19
ordinary steel. Magnificent design.
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>> Explain this form you saw in the
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imagination of the architect and you
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needed to understand how to implement
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it.
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>> Indeed, this consists of five petals
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each elegantly spinning on its axis.
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Simultaneously they continue to aim for
13:34
the building's central axis which is
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quite complex.
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>> Here we need to look at this matter and
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say if we make it out of aluminum. Yes,
13:41
>> aluminum works well here as it's
13:43
resistant to coal, benefiting everyone
13:45
building or repairing structures.
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>> Now, a huge direction is to replace
13:49
aluminum wire that is this is the
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material of the future and the already
13:52
expensive mile. It is simply not needed.
13:54
It can simply be replaced.
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>> Aluminum we hold master classes and in
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the regions and not in Moscow. Here we
14:01
have there in Kazan, there in Ulan in
14:04
Ufa [music] where we just give with a
14:06
simple electrician
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our aluminum alloys and it takes copper
14:12
bends. Here's the aluminum one and
14:15
here's who will bend more. Now if before
14:17
it was really aluminum wiring, it has
14:20
already buckled two or three times then
14:22
today it can withstand up to 15 or 20
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bends.
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>> What alloy is this?
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>> Alloy series. According to many
14:31
characteristics, today aluminum wires
14:33
are not only approached [music] by
14:35
albists, they even behave more
14:37
interesting and effective than copper.
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So we are in St. Petersburg, but where
14:47
is such beauty? I do. Well, you can say
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that we are again in Siberia without
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Siberia at the crash noar metallurgical
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plant
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>> with the plant director as the profile
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details are correctly called
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>> from the profiles of this krasmo plant
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the zary concert hall in Moscow itself
15:08
and the St. Petersburg Arena and outside
15:10
the capitals the original Vermal in
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Yakatarinburg in the Urals the MFC
15:15
Bernie and Vladivosto in Primorier the
15:18
water park of the envy of the Tair
15:20
region and in Crash no itself a dome on
15:23
the island says Tatishi
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but even those who know aluminum from
15:28
the inside are surprised by such a new
15:31
turn and from the fact that even made
15:32
you gasp suddenly it turned out that
15:35
this statement
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>> but I was surprised that the bridge are
15:39
made of aluminum.
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>> This Krano aluminum bridge is called
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HARP. He solved the problem for the
15:50
Estonians. They use it to go to the
15:52
regional philarmonic and for road
15:53
workers, namely by demolishing the old
15:56
heavy concrete bridge, replacing it with
15:58
Aluniva. They were able to widen the
16:00
road. Well, such architecture is envied
16:03
even in St. Petersburg. Recently, let's
16:05
say a whole pedestrian gallery made of
16:07
aluminum appeared.
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>> And it was as if you were spying on our
16:11
children in Kras Noyarsk. You were just
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walking on the new aluminum pedestrian
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bridges. This is the internal structure
16:17
of another pedestrian [music]
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bridge on May 9th in Krnoy. And this is
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such an impressive, very impressive
16:24
structure in just one night because it's
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light, because it's all aluminum.
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And for me, first of all, it is
16:31
aesthetic. that is it is impossible to
16:34
make iron. Such a beautiful product,
16:36
light, reliable and practical. Replacing
16:39
the rest of the bridges with aluminum,
16:41
it seems to me. The direction of the
16:43
future is very interesting for the
16:45
board. But the most interesting thing is
16:47
that literally 2 years ago, we started a
16:49
new project which was implemented for
16:51
the first time in Russia for the
16:53
construction of a road bridge. Can you
16:54
imagine this breakthrough?
16:56
>> Until now, bridges were pedestrian only,
16:58
but now they'll accommodate cars as
16:59
well. Right. Plus it is not yet subject
17:02
to corrosion. Let's say compared with
17:04
the same iron.
17:17
The futuristic aluminum boat resembles a
17:19
transformer planned for [music] use.
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>> Our boat is completely aluminum. This is
17:24
an alloy G5.
17:33
In their workshop in welding, the guys
17:35
showed how they bend aluminum, what they
17:37
need, but still about why aluminum.
17:41
>> We traversed Lesser Yianis Berlin facing
17:44
uncompromising [music]
17:45
conditions.
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Aluminum showed itself beautifully, but
17:48
aluminum showed even the harsh winter in
17:51
Tuva. In our boat, he spent the winter
17:53
on the shore in the tiger, 3 km from
17:55
Mongolia. In general in wild conditions
17:58
where there is not a single person it
18:00
has survived. It is completely in good
18:02
condition that is but aluminum has shown
18:05
itself well.
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Msiki also entered our film because here
18:21
at Peter Gov University in Moscow we had
18:23
an equally interesting conversation.
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Let's look around you. what you have or
18:27
me.
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>> Yes, perhaps that wraps it all up.
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>> Vadim Negrebsky, a prominent figure in
18:32
medicine, elaborates on the benefits of
18:33
lightweight aluminum scalpels designed
18:35
to reduce fatigue during surgical
18:36
procedures. In relation to this, he
18:38
introduced a survey concerning stomach
18:40
issues, asking how individuals cope when
18:42
experiencing discomfort. The inquiry
18:44
appears to provide insight into managing
18:45
stomach irritation effectively. Yes, it
18:48
seems normal, like your stomach.
18:50
>> Oh, thanks.
18:51
>> It's okay. And not bad. But I admit that
18:54
my stomach is not very bad and it turns
18:56
out to be due to increased acidity.
18:58
Aluminum also helps me more precisely.
19:01
Well, for example, I was struck by a
19:02
medicine from Armenia.
19:04
>> Medicine [music]
19:05
>> stomach.
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>> Aluminum oxid.
19:07
>> An important clarification. You are not
19:08
swallowing the element aluminum, but it
19:10
is part of a substance which [music] of
19:11
course must be prescribed.
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>> Doctor,
19:13
>> but with aluminum
19:15
>> of course that is it acts in the
19:17
composition of the drug on hydrochloric
19:19
acid. Yes. Accordingly, its
19:20
neutralization reaction occurs and
19:22
accordingly denounces the [music]
19:24
suffering of patients.
19:25
>> By the way, we will also return to
19:26
aluminum and medicine today. Well,
19:28
generally speaking, in one of the
19:30
interviews, the word key illuminization
19:32
was heard.
19:33
>> Yes, aluminization.
19:34
>> Aluminization.
19:36
>> Beautiful.
19:37
>> What is it?
19:38
>> Linization in the first 20.
19:40
>> No. Well, without aluminum, it's simply
19:42
impossible to imagine. Here is an
19:44
encyclopedia about aluminum.
19:47
>> Everything is so. But it became possible
19:49
to write such an encyclopedia in Russia.
19:52
>> Again with the collapse of CCCR, all
19:55
supply chains of raw materials and
19:57
processing there were certainly
19:58
destroyed. And in general, this large
20:01
aluminum industry has become well
20:03
fragmented into small small enterprises.
20:07
>> The store aimed to unify all these
20:09
scattered efforts.
20:11
>> The strategic challenge was to create an
20:14
asset that could compete in the global
20:16
market. And we must give credit to the
20:18
founder of the company Oleg Deipasca who
20:21
saw this concept the concept of the
20:23
future. Yes. Spent almost 25 years on
20:25
this.
20:29
In order to create from scattered assets
20:31
that did not have their own raw material
20:34
base, which did not have technological
20:36
chains, which did not have access to
20:38
consumers all over the world, such a
20:39
[music] manufacturer that twice exceeded
20:42
the production volumes of the Soviet
20:43
Union.
20:45
Again everything is like this. But no
20:48
one has canled the fact that where the
20:50
aluminum business raw material
20:52
independence cannot be insured. Being
20:54
within one country in this industry it
20:57
is necessary to cover the entire chain
20:59
from raw materials somewhere in African
21:02
Guinea or South American Surinam. And
21:05
this is the striking feature of our
21:07
giant in a gigantic and such a difficult
21:09
world. And also about what we have only
21:11
talked about so far.
21:14
Milk of aluminum itself is the base of
21:16
the trick in inventing alloys. About all
21:18
this in two parts of our film.
21:38
Impressionist painters who were the
21:40
first to benefit from the cheaper
21:42
aluminum of their fellow painters coming
21:44
out of the studio into the open air with
21:46
their portable easels with aluminum
21:48
tubes of paint. All this of course is
21:51
very interesting but what is the basis?
21:53
What is the aluminum industry in the
21:55
world?
21:57
Can you explain how this functions in
21:58
more detail?
22:00
>> Arranged [music] illogically.
22:02
>> Illogical.
22:03
>> Illogical.
22:04
>> In theory there is really a lot of
22:06
aluminum in the bowels. Aluminum
22:07
constitutes approximately 7% of Earth's
22:09
composition, making it a primary
22:10
element.
22:11
>> But on the other hand, where are the
22:12
main deposits located
22:14
>> around the equator?
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>> So, and the Earth's crust is mined by
22:18
labor. Box sites enrich it and receive
22:20
it. Aluminina passed an electric current
22:22
through aluminina. We remember about
22:24
which ionodes and aluminum is ready. In
22:26
general, of course, it sounds simple,
22:28
but the path from the mine to the
22:29
finished product reaches tens of
22:31
thousand kilome. And where in the end do
22:33
aluminum products see, for example, a
22:35
journalist
22:43
Yes, the fact that we appeared to the
22:45
St. Petersburg forum is its press center
22:47
made of aluminum and from this forum in
22:50
recent years we [music] have covered in
22:52
particular that we cover endless
22:53
discussions that in Russia itself loans
22:56
are too expensive and the ruble [music]
22:57
is too strong but this is our business.
23:00
What's going on in the outside world?
23:02
What changes are there? Here, for
23:04
example, is our signature session at the
23:06
St. Petersburg forum, Russia, Latin
23:08
America. [music] We are discussing
23:10
logistics that have risen in price and
23:12
boxite is not transported from Latin
23:14
America to Russia. They are not
23:15
transported now. But before again, we
23:18
will talk about everything from afar.
23:26
So we are at another Moscow metro
23:29
station, Electro Zavotsska, which was
23:31
opened at the peak of the great
23:32
patriotic war in 43 years and was
23:35
dedicated to the workers of the rear.
23:37
There is such a composition at the
23:39
Electro Zavotsskaya Metro Station. This
23:41
station at all famous for its such matty
23:45
lighting secret. Pay attention to the
23:47
ceiling secret. These lamps are as if
23:50
the lamp shades are pressed in half and
23:52
they are made of aluminum. What about
23:55
the Moscow Metro?
23:59
Let's look at this new transition to a
24:01
new electric plant now on the Moscow big
24:04
ring. BKL aluminum aluminum aluminum and
24:07
this aluminum is ours. Is this the
24:10
station where we started? In 1941, the
24:14
Nazis and their henchmen rapidly
24:16
occupied vast areas either under
24:19
occupation or under attack, including
24:21
most of the Soviet aluminum plants.
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>> Ambassador Extraordinary and
24:26
Plenapotentiary of the United States of
24:27
America, Mr. Steinar,
24:29
>> the strategic role of aluminum, that's
24:31
all. On October 41st, the anti-Hitler
24:34
coalition came together. Aluminum
24:36
supplies to us came from [music]
24:37
Britain, Canada, but above all from the
24:39
Soviet Union or rather through the
24:41
Soviet Union and in fact from South
24:43
America. There is another Latin American
24:46
country that we simply have to mention.
24:48
It's hard to describe because here it
24:50
is. Latin America means that they speak
24:53
some language that came from Latin,
24:55
Spanish, Portuguese and in the country
24:57
that we are going to talk about now they
25:00
speak Dutch.
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>> [music]
25:12
>> Surinam today stands independently as a
25:15
South American republic once Dutch
25:17
Guyana. A closer map inspection shows
25:20
transformation.
25:21
When at the beginning of World War II,
25:24
Hitler captured Europe and Holland, the
25:26
fate of Dutch overseas possessions was
25:28
in question, including Suriname with its
25:31
then largest explored boxite deposits in
25:34
the world. As a result, American and
25:36
Brazilian troops landed in Suriname.
25:40
And thanks to this, the flow of boxite
25:42
from there continued to the plant in
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[music] the state of Louisiana. Already
25:46
then it was an illustration of how
25:48
global this industry is. [music] And
25:49
from there under Lisa aluminum was
25:51
supplied to SSSR.
25:53
What did aluminum do in terms of
25:54
location? This is probably the most
25:56
unusual exhibition of domestic armored
25:58
vehicles. There is victory 34. Here
26:01
please is a Soviet self-propelled
26:03
artillery mount. This museum is in the
26:05
Cuban town of Play Kiran where in ' 61
26:08
Cubans fought a landing from S. A
26:10
canonical photo. Fidel Castro jumps just
26:14
134 which turns out to have crossed the
26:15
Atlantic twice namely in moto aluminum.
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and he aluminum has a great [music]
26:20
chance that it was partly from
26:21
Surinamese box sites. Here are these
26:23
lamps at Electroto Zabotkaya built 43
26:26
years ago. It is possible that they also
26:28
contain aluminum partly from Surinamese.
26:30
And although boxite was also mined and
26:34
mined in Russia, we ourselves do not
26:36
have many of them. And now we return to
26:39
the main thing. So the design turns out
26:41
like this. There are block sides here
26:44
somewhere near the equator. But it is
26:46
better to turn them into aluminum in the
26:48
north.
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Yes, ask everyone correctly. In Russia,
26:57
we are interested in Siberia. If
26:59
specifically the Kasnoyarch territory,
27:02
not exactly the Yanice River. Just a
27:04
[music] minute. But Cherishky was like a
27:07
friend. What was he dreaming about
27:08
there? Overflow.
27:15
Is it really us? Is this really our
27:17
land? I heard our song. They speak
27:20
Russian, but you see the Oka River not
27:22
far away.
27:27
In fact, in the European part, only the
27:29
Vulga and mainly the Siberian rivers
27:31
have the potential to build such giant
27:33
hydropower stations as Crash Noyarsk
27:35
known to all from the image on the
27:37
10-wheel bill. And only such
27:38
hydroelectric power plants can provide
27:40
only as much as is needed to produce
27:42
aluminum. And we are talking about the
27:43
construction of a new stage of the
27:45
aluminum plant in Krnoyark.
27:47
>> Electrified aluminum. Its industry brims
27:49
with currents symbolized perhaps by a
27:50
reporter's presence.
27:51
>> There is no place for you to go to
27:53
Krnar's gas here. Of course, yes. And
27:54
the rest of the plants. But it is clear
27:56
that Vulgrad is the Vulga hydroelectric
27:58
[music] power station.
28:00
>> Brothers, brotherly, brotherly.
28:02
Shushenski
28:04
>> works. And this is the Boguchanskaya
28:06
hydroelectric power station already in
28:08
New Russia. Rousal and Russ Hydro
28:10
together implemented in Siberia, a
28:13
project of the Boguchanskaya Energy
28:15
Metallological Association which is
28:17
unique in its scale and worthy of great
28:19
Soviet construction projects with the
28:21
Boguchanskaya aluminum plant and the
28:23
Boguchanskaya hydroelect electric power
28:25
station. And hydro power is clean,
28:28
clean, green, which means green and
28:30
Russian aluminum is our competitive
28:32
advantage in a world where greenhouse
28:34
gas emissions are counted.
28:49
In the summer of 2025, [music] world
28:51
energy gurus and sages, members of the
28:54
international committee of the global
28:55
energy prize headed by the Nobel laurate
28:58
South Korean rack came to the iconic
29:00
crash noyark HPP on the yianis. say,
29:07
>> "Oh, I've been very impressed with the
29:09
scale of ingenuity of people who are
29:11
using hydropower for Decemberization.
29:20
Clean renewable natural energy for
29:22
aluminum production. Uh in my opinion,
29:25
this is a really innovative approach
29:26
that makes a strong impression. I truly
29:28
admire this. I believe it is one of the
29:30
most important achievements that should
29:32
be shared with the whole world. They
29:34
still treat them like this.
29:36
>> The greener it was, the better the
29:38
scientists were accompanied by
29:39
foreigners on that trip.
29:45
>> Authorities V.
29:47
>> Last year when I visited the Kresno
29:49
hydroelectric plant, I noted that it
29:51
makes a significant contribution to the
29:53
fact that aluminum production can be
29:54
much more environmentally friendly. Such
29:57
connections and interreations
29:58
unequivocally support initiatives
29:59
dedicated to reducing environmental
30:01
impacts and furthering sustainable
30:03
[music] practices across various
30:04
sectors.
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>> Air pollution in everything.
30:08
>> Mera, we shall indeed return armed with
30:10
renewed focus and unwavering commitment
30:12
to rediscover harmony both with our
30:14
personal aspirations and the world
30:15
around us.
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>> To the factories.
30:18
>> Now, let's talk about the purity of the
30:20
environment that everyone understands.
30:22
[music] First of all, even in old
30:23
factories. Now I assure you we didn't
30:25
have such a cleaning in terms of filming
30:27
but they even cleaned the boots.
30:30
Well the most modern and environmentally
30:33
safe plant Rousal has now built in
30:35
Taichet in the Kutsku region.
30:37
>> So he is more than 20 years old and I am
30:39
truly delighted that we had the
30:41
opportunity to accomplish this.
30:43
>> I want the most important thing. Many
30:45
thanks to future groups
30:47
>> which this fairy tale will already be
30:50
dust and we can occupy
30:51
>> positions in the Asian market that are
30:53
worthy of Russia.
30:55
>> Well, the key thing is that we are
30:56
equipped with a nasty installation but
30:58
which
30:59
>> it has an efficiency of 99 and 8%
31:02
>> about the same on the construction of a
31:03
new phase of the Krasnar aluminum line.
31:05
The plant will probably be the most
31:06
powerful powerful gas cleaning plant in
31:08
the world
31:10
>> today. What specific substances does he
31:12
need to capture or address in this
31:13
context?
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Well, the main components are outrightes
31:17
>> and zero sulfur dioxide and how much
31:19
we'll intercept.
31:22
>> Listen to the 99
31:24
>> over 999. Yes, this is important both
31:26
for crayarkers and for the industry as a
31:28
whole. How important is greenhouse gas
31:31
control for CU2?
31:33
>> Say one.
31:33
>> Currently considering the best
31:35
indicators of European standards, one
31:36
equivalent of 46 tons is represented
31:39
today.
31:39
>> Aluminum material. Hole two. We have a
31:43
whole 40 that is aluminum can be
31:45
absolutely pure. Absolutely. Add to this
31:47
how the city of Tishad itself was
31:49
transformed when it is the capital of
31:51
the infamous lag lakes in the gulag
31:54
system. Now this city where more and
31:56
more new housing and new social
31:58
facilities including sports, a new
32:01
technical school for future
32:02
metallurgists and not only but due to
32:04
the geopolitical shakeup a lot of what
32:07
has been built in the last two decades.
32:09
Now of course it is going through trials
32:12
importing raw materials.
32:14
>> Some assets have been lost in Ukraine,
32:16
Nicolife and Australia. Russell has
32:19
suffered a reduction in supply.
32:21
Approximately three sources related to
32:23
two raw materials. Additionally,
32:25
modifications in export sales channels
32:28
are evident in the region. The
32:29
implications are unequivocal.
32:33
Europe has fallen. Europe experienced a
32:35
downturn. She could not claim
32:37
contentment regarding this shift.
32:39
Well, he fell off. That's a fact.
32:41
>> That's a fact.
32:42
>> Well, God forbid it. And Europe after
32:43
all, there is China. There are other
32:45
countries, but there in turn, they are
32:47
building everything and building their
32:48
own aluminum plants. There is a lot of
32:51
competition in the industry. So, what
32:53
should I do? Well, first of all, it is
32:55
natural to look for new sources of
32:57
aluminina. Now, for example, India also
33:00
appeared in two. Remember, we talked
33:02
about nodes. Until now, we talked about
33:04
nodes in the abstract. They were
33:06
somewhere inside. What are they about
33:08
nodes?
33:10
>> Look at them closely. The damage [music]
33:12
is evident. As they burn and generate
33:14
heat, they also consume oxygen in the
33:16
process.
33:17
>> If we use carbon on this, carbon
33:19
containing on this, then there is a
33:21
release. There are not as many as two.
33:24
From the early phase of 100 to 890 years
33:28
when the process was initially invented,
33:30
numerous laboratories have since
33:32
endeavored with varying levels of
33:34
success to develop so-called
33:36
non-expandable inert nodes, shedding
33:38
their limitations.
33:39
>> Well, actually this is the problem I
33:41
posed. Before us stands Oleg Vladimir
33:44
Deipasca of Rousal who in 2003
33:47
emphasized the necessity of innovating
33:49
aluminum production technologies for the
33:52
future in which oxygen will not be
33:55
released on the order.
33:57
>> It's like a real revolution.
33:59
>> This is a little known but amazing
34:00
example of the link between industry and
34:02
science in the modern market.
34:04
>> Yes, absolutely right.
34:05
>> That is the aluminum industry in this
34:07
sense has passed ahead of all other
34:08
non-ferris metallergy of the country.
34:11
>> Absolutely right. Without divulging any
34:13
corporate secrets, it does seem like an
34:15
innovative non-state approach is under
34:16
consideration. Could you share about
34:18
what replaces coal here?
34:21
>> This special metal ceramic composite
34:23
coating is unique and innovative though
34:25
I probably can't delve into further
34:27
technical details.
34:29
We are talking about technology that is
34:31
industrial
34:33
>> secret. Yes. Well, of course. Yes.
34:35
>> But as we remember the picture for the
34:37
aluminum industry is now really complex.
34:39
The beginning of the 21st century was a
34:41
period of globalization and to survive
34:44
then you had to become number one in the
34:45
world. But now global ties are breaking.
34:48
Competition from China and other Asian
34:50
countries is growing and other things
34:52
are changing the balance in the
34:54
industry. This means that the Europeans
34:56
deprive themselves of Russian aluminum.
34:59
The Chinese set up factories not with
35:01
such green aluminum as ours but for
35:04
their own needs.
35:05
>> They are closing more and more. What is
35:07
the best way to make everything from
35:08
aluminum in your country?
35:11
>> Obviously. Obviously.
35:12
>> So, they get aluminum largely from
35:14
imported raw materials. But in Russia,
35:16
this is also the processing industries.
35:19
And so that we ourselves could make
35:20
aluminum [music] from such and such. Who
35:22
was told?
35:24
>> Reacting to appearances, there's so much
35:25
we can contribute and accomplish.
35:28
>> What are we still carrying?
35:30
>> We drive cars here. Well, in terms of
35:32
growth, the greatest potential is for
35:34
sure.
35:37
Construction lines, facads and improving
35:39
installation speed while cutting costs
35:41
remain key and increased accessibility.
35:44
>> Accessibility of course
35:45
>> and this is despite the fact that such
35:47
alloys have appeared.
35:48
>> For ordinary Armenians, why put it as if
35:51
sour cream attracts flies in this way?
35:54
>> With flint, it flows like water.
35:56
>> Samples of aluminum alloys with a
35:58
variety of chemical elements. This is
36:00
what was laid out in front of us at the
36:01
Russell Engineering and Technology
36:03
Center at the Krnoyear aluminum plant.
36:06
So, let's arrange a roll call. Krano
36:08
Moscow off the cuff. This was an
36:10
aluminum alloy with what?
36:13
>> It was aluminum magnesium.
36:15
>> Let's understand standard abbreviations.
36:16
Lithium paired with aluminum. What does
36:18
it create?
36:20
>> In many aluminum alloys, lithium is
36:22
lighter than aluminum.
36:24
>> Well, it's obvious to fly.
36:25
>> Yes. The space traveled in planes a
36:27
sword grants adds plasticity
36:30
in the summer. This alloy50 is also a
36:34
unique development which means [music]
36:36
505 announced facads were previously
36:39
supplied by these sheets from Europe and
36:42
there are several examples in Moscow
36:44
where you look at the plated facads and
36:47
you see practically a chessboard. It's
36:49
ugly. And we figured it out literally in
36:52
half a year. Now all the aluminum facads
36:55
are made of Russian metal. Silicon
36:58
silicon gives liquid words all the
37:00
foundry glory that comes from a complex
37:02
wheel. For example, yes, there is a very
37:05
complex shape and it is important that
37:07
Almeia leaks all these depression to
37:10
drink horn lid, lid and lip. This is
37:13
used in automatic alloys and in tomato
37:16
alloys. These are not those from which
37:18
automatic machines are made. Automatic
37:20
alloys. These are alloys for processing
37:24
automatic machines which are very high
37:26
speed. Based on the machine tool, we
37:28
will interrupt this roll call [music] to
37:30
explain something. These are also
37:32
aluminum billets from which this
37:35
semi-finish product is obtained which in
37:37
order to bring it to your mind, you need
37:39
to send it. What other process is he
37:42
looking at?
37:46
But even in the course of such a
37:47
process, you will see how much shavings
37:49
are obtained. What kind of losses are
37:51
these? On the one hand, yes, it would be
37:53
okay because aluminum is one perhaps,
37:56
well, maybe not the only one, but one of
37:58
those metals that have an extremely long
38:00
[music] life.
38:03
It can be 100% recycled and recycled.
38:08
>> Where could cost be reduced further
38:09
naturally? Aluminum so that you
38:11
understand is a material that well can
38:14
be remelted. Only 5% of the original is
38:17
wasted and the status energy to obtain
38:20
the primary which means aluminum.
38:23
A can in one year can get on the shelf
38:25
three even for four times being
38:27
recycled. Yes, the future is recycled
38:30
and recycling aluminum requires much
38:32
less energy than the production of
38:34
primary aluminum.
38:37
>> Why? with the help of the most. Advanced
38:39
technology does not immediately get what
38:41
you want. The question is, but without
38:44
losses, is it possible to immediately
38:46
get such a detail?
38:52
On a 3D printer, you can immediately
38:54
print the desired part [music] from the
38:55
powder, which distinguishes the desired
38:58
alloy. Is this powder you are currently
39:00
considering, is this already part of
39:02
some alloy, or is it just the source
39:04
material? This is our developed alloy
39:07
from it will be printed. Various parts
39:09
already printed.
39:10
>> Let's review [music] this again. I can
39:12
see the magnet. But what is that red
39:13
object?
39:16
>> There is such an interesting
39:18
intersection of science, production, and
39:19
consumption.
39:20
>> It's still more interesting to cook and
39:22
swim. That is it's not standing still.
39:24
>> This perspective is not just limited to
39:26
business. Technology also plays a
39:28
crucial role in [music] shaping
39:28
advancements. Technology needs to
39:30
evolve, right?
39:31
>> That's about cooperation with stupid. It
39:33
was one laboratory at Moscow University.
39:36
The industrial company is very serious
39:39
and uh this year we are celebrating 20
39:44
years of this laboratory.
39:46
>> As I understand it, when you say it was
39:47
one laboratory, then there was two and
39:49
three and four built on the same
39:50
principle.
39:51
>> PSA represents a regrettable instance of
39:55
ineffective collaboration between
39:57
scientific research and corporate
39:59
interests.
40:01
Well, just for the completeness of the
40:02
picture,
40:03
>> zinc alloys, historically renowned
40:05
undergo manganese pressure treatment and
40:08
see extensive use, especially in the
40:10
United States.
40:13
>> By the way, who would have known that
40:14
there were two alloys in this very jar
40:16
at once?
40:17
>> Aluminum can which is constantly
40:18
released in everyday life and the 3000
40:21
series is used on the wall. These banks
40:23
received and the 5,000 series it will be
40:27
used. The top screen leads are
40:28
interesting. lithium alloys with high
40:31
content. The reactive components of
40:33
words 6061. He has media modest a large
40:37
amount of silicon magnesium. Then he
40:40
behaves in a peculiar way. Well, he has
40:42
his own nuances. Structure you were
40:45
significantly less resembling a person
40:46
in those aspects.
40:48
>> Yeah. Well, yes, essentially. So,
40:50
>> there are also properties of aluminum.
40:52
Well, virtually limitless. [music]
40:55
>> It is also important to be a producer.
40:58
Being a producer is important.
41:00
>> In essence, sovereignty entails managing
41:02
the flows of vital raw materials
41:04
effectively. It enables self production
41:07
of aluminum even if you don't handle
41:09
[music] its processing directly.
41:11
>> And you make a product world quality. We
41:14
have huge potential. We have huge
41:16
potential and I believe in it.
41:31
Interestingly enough, Peripalin never
41:33
imagined the vast opportunities aluminum
41:35
could present in the future.
41:39
>> Even the same foil that we produce. Yes.
41:41
From our plant produces foil. I come
41:43
home, take the foil and see that this is
41:45
aluminum production.
41:47
>> Well, aluminum is not only used but in
41:49
banks, in the aircraft industry. It is
41:51
used in medicines. Aluminum is used in
41:53
cosmetics with powder or at least
41:56
aluminum is multifaceted.
41:58
>> I personally have a liking for bicycles.
42:00
Once upon a time there were sturdy steel
42:02
models like the iconic tourist and
42:04
sputnik bikes.
42:06
>> Yes,
42:06
>> certainly there was an era dominated by
42:09
thinner and thicker structures in
42:11
design. Ultimately steel showed
42:13
limitations. This ushered in aluminum
42:16
innovations remarkably having the weight
42:19
of bicycles [music]
42:20
during that period.
42:21
>> Oh yes, we also promised to return to
42:23
medicine which turns out to be vaccines.
42:26
It's an antigen. This is the most
42:29
provocator which is the trigger the
42:31
process of starting the immune system.
42:33
And in order for it to work more
42:35
effectively this intelligent, we need to
42:37
choose the conditions of release and the
42:40
speed of its release. And here it is
42:42
aluminum. And this is where aluminum
42:43
works.
42:44
>> And something completely unexpected that
42:46
[music] surprised you yourself. What? Oh
42:49
my goodness. You mean this?
42:52
>> Every single day, as part of my routine,
42:54
I make it a point to open a tea bag and
42:56
explore its contents.
42:58
>> Aluminum? Yes.
43:00
>> This is an aluminized coating. Yes, it's
43:02
the same here. Made of crepka. Here,
43:05
it's also aluminum. Uh possibly among
43:07
the quirkiest items are these unique and
43:10
imaginative golf covers that stand out
43:12
immediately.
43:19
Long ago they bought calculators for
43:21
their employees and there also turned
43:23
out to be an aluminum elementary
43:25
compiler. I pick up the phone there. I
43:28
know that the chip that is inside is
43:30
also made of aluminum. It is used in
43:32
everything. Now for example the era of
43:35
three young batteries begins. All the
43:37
removers there are only aluminum because
43:39
that's it. Significantly facilitates the
43:43
design on the one hand and on the other
43:45
hand which is no less important to work
43:47
reliably. Aluminum is everywhere
43:50
>> as it was said. Aluminium.
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